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...University has already exceeded its yearly portion of generosity, and another request now might well seem like just too much. After all, Lamont's hours are extended, and the officialdom has even managed to keep the gates open until twelve, or at least most of the time. But the present complaint is a minor one, as easily solved as it is obvious...
University officialdom hardly took notice when Harry left. Yesterday, resentment of the slight among some University employees apparently erupted with the classified advertisement above...
...mannerly and conscientious, was never late to meals. So when he failed to answer mess call one day last month, a search party was organized to comb the rugged heights of the Rock. They searched every crevice and called the ape loudly by name. No answer. Last week Gibraltar officialdom issued a sad bulletin: "Rock ape Winston has been missing since ninth December and must now be presumed dead. He is, accordingly, struck off the strength of the fortress from that date...
...A.A.U.'s denial of its approval to the Soviet basketball team seeking to play here is a sad commentary on the status of amateur sports in this country. Presumably, non-professional athletics are open to all competitors regardless of whether or not sports officialdom nods its God-like approval upon their political views or those of their sponsor. The only restriction that should be placed on these athletes is that their status and that of the promoter ought to be amateur in spirit and actuality...
...killing 28, but the crowds last week did not seem nervous when almost untested new airplanes flashed a few feet over their heads. Many of the airplanes were supersonic, but much to the crowd's disappointment, they all kept below the speed of sound. Britain's air officialdom has probably decided that the shock waves stirred up by the latest airplanes are too dangerous even for Britain's gluttons-for-punishment public...